fetishism
noun
belief in or use of fetishes.
fetishist
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a word derived from
fetishism.
Example Sentences
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Much attention has been focused on how Thomas' sponsor and benefactor is an apparent Nazi fetishist.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2023
“In Fabric” is the latest blissfully deranged B-movie homage from the British-born writer-director Peter Strickland, who over the past several years has become a witty and imaginative fetishist of various strains of exploitation cinema.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2019
Just about everyone Plum meets — radical, cop, boss, weight-loss guru, fetishist — wants something from her, wants her to see herself a certain way.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2018
Perhaps the most oblique yet powerful of these outre statements was Pink Floyd’s first single, Arnold Layne, about a clothes fetishist who enjoys wearing women’s clothes.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2017
Call me a sincerity fetishist, but “Riverdale,” for all its heavy breathing, appears to be going through the motions.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017
